In the News: 5 Smartphones That Can Replace Your Camera This USA Today article’s title reads like the title of a blog entry instead of a newspaper piece. And the content looks like an advertisement. Someone needs to work on this.
Claustrophobia Wil C. Fry April 21, 2012, 13:21 I can feel the walls as they’re closing in trapping me in this little den surrounded by space but trapped in time I breathe, I breathe, I think I’ll be fine Maybe. I must look out, I must remind myself of the times I could fly in[...]
In the News: Republicans, Democrats, and media are all in a tizzy about Hilary Rosen’s remarks about Ann Romney. Short summary of events: 1) Polls showed presidential candidate Mitt Romney extremely unpopular among women. 2) Romney said his wife Ann is his advisor on women’s issues. 3) Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen said Ann “has actually[...]
In the News: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President Cecil Roberts said: “The Navy SEALs shot Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and Lisa Jackson shot us in Washington.”
In The News: Michelle Duggar, mother of 19 and star of 19 Kids and Counting says “the whole idea of overpopulation is not accurate” (there are many sources for this; here’s one). Offering “proof”, Duggar said “because the entire population of the world could fit inside of Jacksonville, Florida.” She referenced a quote: “I agree[...]
As a long-time Firefox user, I’ve been more than a little frustrated with their recent attempts to “keep up” with Chrome by releasing new versions every couple of weeks. I finally quit keeping up with them.
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of To Sail Beyond The Sunset (1987) by Robert A. Heinlein, the last novel he published before dying in 1988: “I remember Earth. I knew her when she was clean and green, mankind’s beautiful bride, sweet and lush and lovable… It is futile to mourn over[...]
There is a school of thought, albeit a relatively unpopular one, that poor grammar or punctuation on printed signs should be corrected with a Sharpie or other tool, vigilante style. In the News: Vigilante Copy Editor (New York Times) And there are older instances, such as this one (The Virginian-Pilot).
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein: “It does not do to encourage bad banners; one should retaliate, urbanely but firmly.”
In The News: Adobe starts subscription for Photoshop and Dreamweaver (BBC News) This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone; many software companies are moving in this direction. Instead of having to ship millions of boxes and discs every year when they upgrade the software, they’re just going to add the updates to the online[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of I Will Fear No Evil (1970) by Robert Heinlein: “…most people think of money as something to pay the rent. But a money man thinks of money in terms of what he can do with it.” “…it’s impossible for a woman to lay it on[...]
For about $5, I made this measuring cup holder that’s hidden inside a kitchen cabinet: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
My wife and I invoked our “30 minute rule” when watching this movie. The rule is: if the movie can’t interest either of us in 30 minutes, then we turn it off and quit wasting our time. According to Wikipedia, this film is based on a 1974 novel and “the story follows the hunt for[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during my 2002 reading of Stranger In A Strange Land (1961) by Robert Heinlein, of which I wrote on Nov. 14, 2002, “Perhaps the best book ever written.” (I no longer feel that way, but it’s still a pretty good book.)
There’s a new White House Tumblr page, and the first entry includes an image with this lettering: “ANIMATED GIFs (HARD ‘G’)”. First, let me say I’m proud that they didn’t put an apostrophe in “GIFs”, as so many on the internet seem to do these days.
Because I assume everyone wants to know my opinion (ha!)… In the News: Is Handwriting Still Important? The Digital Generation Skips Penmanship (BBC News) While I’m admittedly old-fashioned in many ways (for example, I don’t have a “smartphone”), I can usually argue practicality (for example: there’s no point in me having a smartphone). But the[...]
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